Economics

Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with News 14 Carolina on March 6 about the prospect of the U.S. government nationalizing some of the country's largest financial institutions.

A recent New York Times story on the economy cites undergraduate research conducted by an Elon student while she studied at the university earlier this decade.

Steve DeLoach, a professor and chair of the Department of Economics, spoke with Fox 8 WGHP (High Point, N.C.) on Dec. 10, 2008, about the ongoing recession, consumer behavior and what kind of economic outlook to expect in 2009.

Jennifer Platania, an associate professor of economics, talked with News 14 Carolina on Nov. 25 about a recession now gripping the American economy and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team.

Issues in Political Economy, an undergraduate research journal co-published by Elon University, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, where several students have used the annual publication as a springboard to graduate studies in some of the nation’s premiere economic programs.

Seniors Erika Lamanna and Garrett Pittenger represented Elon this fall in the university’s first ever appearance at the Eller Ethics Case Competition, a prestigious national contest in which the duo advanced to the semifinals before their elimination from the sixth annual event.

The financial crisis that placed Wall Street on a daily roller coaster has several causes, and on Oct. 15, four economic panelists offered their thoughts about recent market turmoil to a room of students, faculty and staff from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.